AUTOMATIC NETWORK CONFIGURATION SETUP APPARATUS AND METHOD BETWEEN ADJACENT SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS TERMINALS

摘要

An automatic network setting apparatus between adjacent wireless terminals and a method therefor are provided to measure proximity using signal intensity between wireless terminals and perform a network connection automatically between the wireless terminals adjacent to each other within a predetermined distance on the basis of the measured proximity, thereby automating complicated network connection settings only with an action of making a wireless terminal approach the other wireless terminal within the predetermined distance anywhere. A wireless terminal comprises a RF(Radio Frequency) unit(21), a control unit(22), a storage unit(23), and an input/output interface unit(24). The RF unit monitors the intensity of a wireless signal received from an adjacent wireless terminal periodically. The control unit controls the RF unit to calculate a distance corresponding to the intensity of the signal transferred from the RF unit using signal intensity or a distance correction constant in a current wireless environment and perform the automatic network connection of the wireless terminal when the calculated distance is less than a threshold distance. The storage unit stores the signal intensity or a threshold value for the distance for determining proximity with the other wireless terminal, the correction constant for the current wireless environment, and network setting parameters for automatic network settings.